Chroma is one of my favorite yarns to make things like small shawls, cowls and scarves. It's so soft and squishy and the colors with long repeats are gorgeous. The one drawback, as you've noticed, is...

That's what I use as well. Since I started doing Magic Loop nearly exclusively, my poor Crystal Palace DPNs started collecting dust. But I do use them when cabling on socks. I use the Clover plastic...